Isaiah 8:4

Translations

Modern

For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”

Traditional

For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.

Literal

…for before the child knows to cry, ‘My father and My mother,’ one will lift away the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria before the face of the king of Assyria!”

Latin

…quia antequam sciat puer vocare patrem suum et matrem suam, auferetur fortitudo Damasci, et spolia Samariæ, coram rege Assyriorum.

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English

For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”

Notes

Isaiah 8:4

before the boy knows how to cry: See also Isaiah 7:16.
Damascus and Samaria were ruined and destroyed in 732 BC. This event fulfilled this verse along with Isaiah 7:8, 19–20.

Isaiah 7:1–12:6

These prophecies occurred when Assyria rose to power. Syria and Israel formed an alliance against Judah (Isaiah 7:1–2; see 2 Kings 16:5). God used Assyria as a tool to punish Syria, Israel, and Judah (Isaiah 7–10).

Theme notes and profiles

Arameans Isaiah Fearing People Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

Romans 9:11
Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
Isaiah 17:3
The fortress will disappear from Ephraim, and the sovereignty from Damascus. The remnant of Aram will be like the splendor of the Israelites,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
2 Kings 17:3
Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.
Isaiah 7:15–16
By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey.
Deuteronomy 1:39
And the little ones you said would become captives—your children who on that day did not know good from evil—will enter the land that I will give them, and they will possess it.
2 Kings 17:5–6
Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.
Isaiah 10:6–14
I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.
Isaiah 7:8–9
For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be shattered as a people.
2 Kings 16:9
So the king of Assyria responded to him, marched up to Damascus, and captured it. He took its people to Kir as captives and put Rezin to death.
Jonah 4:11
So should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?”
2 Kings 15:29
In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the land of Naphtali, and he took the people as captives to Assyria.

Places

Assyria: A powerful ancient empire, often in conflict with Israel Damascus: Ancient city, capital of Syria, important in biblical history Samaria: Capital city of the northern kingdom of Israel; Samaritan inhabitants

Glossary

Damascus Immanuel Isaiah, Book of Nineveh, Ninevite Prophet, Prophetess Rezin

Topics

Ancient Samaria: Predictions Respecting Its Destruction Assyria: Predictions Respecting: Conquest and Captivity of Israel By Assyria: Predictions Respecting: Conquest of Syria By Assyria: Prophecies Concerning Damascus: Prophecies Concerning Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz: A Symbolical Name Pekah: Prophecies Against Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of Captivity, Famine, and Judgments Rezin: A King of Syria Who Harassed the Southern Kingdom (Judah): Prophecy Against Syria: Prophecies Concerning Syria: Prophecies Respecting: Plundering of Damascus

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